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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Doesn't the state constitution mean something?

I just wanted to quickly link to this entry on Sentencing Law and Policy highlighting Justice Stevens' concurrence in this week's Fourth Amendment case where he suggests that states should be encouraged to look at their own state constitutional jurispurdence.